§5.483ἀνδρὶ μαχήσασθαι· ἀτὰρ οὔ τί μοι ἐνθάδε τοῖον §5.484οἷόν κʼ ἠὲ φέροιεν Ἀχαιοὶ ἤ κεν ἄγοιεν· §5.485τύνη δʼ ἕστηκας, ἀτὰρ οὐδʼ ἄλλοισι κελεύεις §5.486λαοῖσιν μενέμεν καὶ ἀμυνέμεναι ὤρεσσι.
to fight with the foe; yet I have nothing of my own here, such as the Achaeans might either carry off or drive away; yet you stand still, and do not even bid the other peoples to stand and defend their wives.
§5.487μή πως ὡς ἀψῖσι λίνου ἁλόντε πανάγρου §5.488ἀνδράσι δυσμενέεσσιν ἕλωρ καὶ κύρμα γένησθε· §5.489οἳ δὲ τάχʼ ἐκπέρσουσʼ εὖ ναιομένην πόλιν ὑμήν.
See to it lest somehow, as if caught in the meshes of an all-snaring net, you become a prey and a spoil to hostile men; and they will soon sack your well-peopled city.
§5.490σοὶ δὲ χρὴ τάδε πάντα μέλειν νύκτάς τε καὶ ἦμαρ §5.491ἀρχοὺς λισσομένῳ τηλεκλειτῶν ἐπικούρων §5.492νωλεμέως ἐχέμεν, κρατερὴν δʼ ἀποθέσθαι ἐνιπήν. §5.493ὣς φάτο Σαρπηδών, δάκε δὲ φρένας Ἕκτορι μῦθος· §5.494αὐτίκα δʼ ἐξ ὀχέων σὺν τεύχεσιν ἆλτο χαμᾶζε, §5.495πάλλων δʼ ὀξέα δοῦρα κατὰ στρατὸν ᾤχετο πάντῃ §5.496ὀτρύνων μαχέσασθαι, ἔγειρε δὲ φύλοπιν αἰνήν.
But on you should all these things weigh, both night and day, entreating the leaders of the far-famed allies to hold their ground unflinchingly, and you must put away harsh rebukes." So spoke Sarpedon, and his word bit to the heart of Hector; and straightway he leapt from his chariot in his armor to the ground, and brandishing his sharp spears went everywhere through the host, urging them to fight, and he aroused the dread din of battle.
So they rallied and stood to face the Achaeans; and the Argives withstood them in close throng, and were not afraid.
§5.499ὡς δʼ ἄνεμος ἄχνας φορέει ἱερὰς κατʼ ἀλωὰς §5.500ἀνδρῶν λικμώντων, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ §5.501κρίνῃ ἐπειγομένων ἀνέμων καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας, §5.502αἳ δʼ ὑπολευκαίνονται ἀχυρμιαί· ὣς τότʼ Ἀχαιοὶ §5.503λευκοὶ ὕπερθε γένοντο κονισάλῳ, ὅν ῥα διʼ αὐτῶν §5.504οὐρανὸν ἐς πολύχαλκον ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων §5.505ἂψ ἐπιμισγομένων· ὑπὸ δʼ ἔστρεφον ἡνιοχῆες.
And even as the wind carries chaff about the sacred threshing-floors when men are winnowing, and golden Demeter divides the grain and the chaff as the winds rush; and the heaps of chaff grow white; so then the Achaeans grew white with the dust above, which through their midst the feet of the horses beat up into the brazen heaven as they joined battle again; and the charioteers wheeled their horses round.
§5.506οἳ δὲ μένος χειρῶν ἰθὺς φέρον· ἀμφὶ δὲ νύκτα §5.507θοῦρος Ἄρης ἐκάλυψε μάχῃ Τρώεσσιν ἀρήγων §5.508πάντοσʼ ἐποιχόμενος· τοῦ δʼ ἐκραίαινεν ἐφετμὰς §5.509Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος χρυσαόρου, ὅς μιν ἀνώγει §5.510Τρωσὶν θυμὸν ἐγεῖραι, ἐπεὶ ἴδε Παλλάδʼ Ἀθήνην §5.511οἰχομένην· ἣ γάρ ῥα πέλεν Δαναοῖσιν ἀρηγών.
And they bore the fury of their hands straight forward; and furious Ares wrapped the battle in darkness to aid the Trojans, ranging everywhere; and he fulfilled the commands of Phoebus Apollo of the golden sword, who had bidden him arouse the spirit of the Trojans, when he saw Pallas Athena departing; for she was the helper of the Danaans.
And Apollo himself sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary, and put strength into the breast of the shepherd of the host.
§5.514Αἰνείας δʼ ἑτάροισι μεθίστατο· τοὶ δὲ χάρησαν, §5.515ὡς εἶδον ζωόν τε καὶ ἀρτεμέα προσιόντα §5.516καὶ μένος ἐσθλὸν ἔχοντα· μετάλλησάν γε μὲν οὔ τι.
And Aeneas took his place among his comrades, and they were glad when they saw him coming alive and whole and possessing noble strength; yet they asked him no question.
§5.517οὐ γὰρ ἔα πόνος ἄλλος, ὃν ἀργυρότοξος ἔγειρεν §5.518Ἄρης τε βροτολοιγὸς Ἔρις τʼ ἄμοτον μεμαυῖα.
For another labor did not permit, which he of the silver bow aroused, and Ares the bane of men, and Discord that raged insatiably.
§5.519τοὺς δʼ Αἴαντε δύω καὶ Ὀδυσσεὺς καὶ Διομήδης §5.520ὄτρυνον Δαναοὺς πολεμιζέμεν· οἳ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ §5.521οὔτε βίας Τρώων ὑπεδείδισαν οὔτε ἰωκάς, §5.522ἀλλʼ ἔμενον νεφέλῃσιν ἐοικότες ἅς τε Κρονίων §5.523νηνεμίης ἔστησεν ἐπʼ ἀκροπόλοισιν ὄρεσσιν §5.524ἀτρέμας, ὄφρʼ εὕδῃσι μένος Βορέαο καὶ ἄλλων §5.525ζαχρειῶν ἀνέμων, οἵ τε νέφεα σκιόεντα §5.526πνοιῇσιν λιγυρῇσι διασκιδνᾶσιν ἀέντες· §5.527ὣς Δαναοὶ Τρῶας μένον ἔμπεδον οὐδὲ φέβοντο.
But the two Aiantes and Odysseus and Diomedes urged the Danaans to fight; and they of themselves feared neither the violence of the Trojans nor their charges, but remained like clouds which the son of Cronos has set in a windless time on the mountaintops, motionless, while the might of Boreas and the other violent winds are asleep, which when they blow with shrill blasts scatter the shadowy clouds; even so the Danaans withstood the Trojans steadfastly, and did not flee.
§5.528Ἀτρεΐδης δʼ ἀνʼ ὅμιλον ἐφοίτα πολλὰ κελεύων· §5.529ὦ φίλοι ἀνέρες ἔστε καὶ ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἕλεσθε, §5.530ἀλλήλους τʼ αἰδεῖσθε κατὰ κρατερὰς ὑσμίνας· §5.531αἰδομένων ἀνδρῶν πλέονες σόοι ἠὲ πέφανται· §5.532φευγόντων δʼ οὔτʼ ἂρ κλέος ὄρνυται οὔτε τις ἀλκή. §5.533ἦ καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ θοῶς, βάλε δὲ πρόμον ἄνδρα §5.534Αἰνείω ἕταρον μεγαθύμου Δηϊκόωντα §5.535Περγασίδην, ὃν Τρῶες ὁμῶς Πριάμοιο τέκεσσι §5.536τῖον, ἐπεὶ θοὸς ἔσκε μετὰ πρώτοισι μάχεσθαι.
And the son of Atreus went through the throng, giving many commands: "O friends, be men, and take to you a courageous heart, and revere one another in the fierce combat; of men who revere one another, more are saved than are slain; but of those who flee, neither does glory arise, nor any help." He spoke, and hurled his spear swiftly, and struck a foremost warrior, the comrade of great-hearted Aeneas, Deïcoön, son of Pergasus, whom the Trojans honored equally with the children of Priam, since he was swift to fight among the foremost.
§5.537τόν ῥα κατʼ ἀσπίδα δουρὶ βάλε κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων· §5.538ἣ δʼ οὐκ ἔγχος ἔρυτο, διὰ πρὸ δὲ εἴσατο χαλκός, §5.539νειαίρῃ δʼ ἐν γαστρὶ διὰ ζωστῆρος ἔλασσε· §5.540δούπησεν δὲ πεσών, ἀράβησε δὲ τεύχεʼ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
Him then did lord Agamemnon strike with his spear upon the shield; and it did not stay the spear, but the bronze went right through, and he drove it through his belt into the lower belly; and he fell with a thud, and his armor clattered upon him.
§5.541ἔνθʼ αὖτʼ Αἰνείας Δαναῶν ἕλεν ἄνδρας ἀρίστους §5.542υἷε Διοκλῆος Κρήθωνά τε Ὀρσίλοχόν τε, §5.543τῶν ῥα πατὴρ μὲν ἔναιεν ἐϋκτιμένῃ ἐνὶ Φηρῇ §5.544ἀφνειὸς βιότοιο, γένος δʼ ἦν ἐκ ποταμοῖο §5.545Ἀλφειοῦ, ὅς τʼ εὐρὺ ῥέει Πυλίων διὰ γαίης, §5.546ὃς τέκετʼ Ὀρτίλοχον πολέεσσʼ ἄνδρεσσιν ἄνακτα· §5.547Ὀρτίλοχος δʼ ἄρʼ ἔτικτε Διοκλῆα μεγάθυμον, §5.548ἐκ δὲ Διοκλῆος διδυμάονε παῖδε γενέσθην, §5.549Κρήθων Ὀρσίλοχός τε μάχης εὖ εἰδότε πάσης.
Then did Aeneas slay the best men of the Danaans, the sons of Diocles, Crethon and Orsilochus, whose father dwelt in well-built Phera, rich in substance, and his lineage was from the river Alpheius, that flows broad through the land of the Pylians, who begot Ortilochus to be lord over many men; and Ortilochus begot great-hearted Diocles, and of Diocles were born twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all manner of fighting.
§5.550τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ ἡβήσαντε μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν §5.551Ἴλιον εἰς εὔπωλον ἅμʼ Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην, §5.552τιμὴν Ἀτρεΐδῃς Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ §5.553ἀρνυμένω· τὼ δʼ αὖθι τέλος θανάτοιο κάλυψεν.
These two, when they had reached manhood, on black ships followed with the Argives to Ilium famed for its horses, seeking to win honor for the sons of Atreus, Agamemnon and Menelaus; but there the end of death enfolded them.